A Modern Comedy

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English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. His most famous work was The Forsyte Saga of which this is the second part.
The Forsyte Saga, the first installment, includes three novels and two short stories: Man of Property, "Indian Summer of a Forsyte," In Chancery, "Awakening," and To Let. A Modern Comedy continues with The White Monkey, "A Silent Wooing," The Silver Spoon, "Passers By," and Swan Song. The last part is called End of the Chapter and includes: Maid in Waiting, Flowering Wilderness and Over the River.
A Modern Comedy (1924-1928)
* The White Monkey (1924)
* Interlude: A Silent Wooing
* The Silver Spoon (1926)
* Interlude: Passers By
* Swan Song (1928)
* Interlude: A Silent Wooing
* The Silver Spoon (1926)
* Interlude: Passers By
* Swan Song (1928)
Table of Contents
- Chapter 0: The White Monkey -Book I of A Modern ...
- Chapter 1: PROMENADE
- Chapter 2: HOME
- Chapter 3: MUSICAL
- Chapter 4: DINING
- Chapter 5: EVE
- Chapter 6: ‘OLD FORSYTE’ AND ‘OLD MONT’
- Chapter 7: ‘OLD MONT’ AND ‘OLD FORSYTE’
- Chapter 8: BICKET
- Chapter 9: CONFUSION
- Chapter 10: PASSING OF A SPORTSMAN
- Chapter 11: VENTURE
- Chapter 12: FIGURES AND FACTS
- Chapter 13: TENTERHOOKS
- Chapter 14: THE MARK FALLS
- Chapter 15: VICTORINE
- Chapter 16: MICHAEL WALKS AND TALKS
- Chapter 17: FLEUR’S BODY
- Chapter 18: FLEUR’S SOUL
- Chapter 19: MICHAEL GETS ‘WHAT-FOR’
- Chapter 20: THE ALTOGETHER
- Chapter 21: SOAMES TAKES THE MATTER UP
- Chapter 22: SLEUTH
- Chapter 23: FACE
- Chapter 24: COCKED HAT
- Chapter 25: GOING EAST
- Chapter 26: BANK HOLIDAY
- Chapter 27: OFFICE WORK
- Chapter 28: ‘AFTERNOON OF A DRYAD’
- Chapter 29: AFTERNOON OF A BICKET
- Chapter 30: MICHAEL GIVES ADVICE
- Chapter 31: QUITTANCE
- Chapter 32: LOOKING INTO ELDERSON
- Chapter 33: LEVANTED
- Chapter 34: SOAMES DOESN’T GIVE A DAMN
- Chapter 35: BUT TAKES NO CHANCES
- Chapter 36: WITH A SMALL ‘n’
- Chapter 37: ORDEAL BY SHAREHOLDER
- Chapter 38: SOAMES AT BAY
- Chapter 39: ON THE RACK
- Chapter 40: The White Monkey - CALM
- Chapter 41: Interlude: A Silent Wooing
- Chapter 42: The Silver Spoon - Book II of A ...
- Chapter 43: CHANGE
- Chapter 44: MICHAEL TAKES ‘A LUNAR’
- Chapter 45: MERE CONVERSATION
- Chapter 46: SIDE-SLIPS
- Chapter 47: SOAMES KEEPS HIS EYES OPEN
- Chapter 48: SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT
- Chapter 49: ROUND AND ABOUT
- Chapter 50: POULTRY AND CATS
- Chapter 51: FRANCIS WILMOT REVERSES
- Chapter 52: SOAMES VISITS THE PRESS
- Chapter 53: MICHAEL MUSES
- Chapter 54: INCEPTION OF THE CASE
- Chapter 55: FURTHER CONSIDERATION
- Chapter 56: MICHAEL MAKES HIS SPEECH
- Chapter 57: RESULTS
- Chapter 58: MARJORIE FERRAR AT HOME
- Chapter 59: FONS ET ORIGO
- Chapter 60: PROGRESS OF THE CASE
- Chapter 61: MICHAEL VISITS BETHNAL GREEN
- Chapter 62: CONTRASTS
- Chapter 63: COLLECTING EVIDENCE
- Chapter 64: VOLTE FACE
- Chapter 65: PHOTOGRAPHY
- Chapter 66: SHADOWS
- Chapter 67: DEEPENING
- Chapter 68: ‘CIRCUSES’
- Chapter 69: “NOT GOING TO HAVE IT”
- Chapter 70: SOAMES DRIVES HOME
- Chapter 71: CATECHISM
- Chapter 72: THE DAY
- Chapter 73: IN THE BOX
- Chapter 74: ‘FED UP’
- Chapter 75: FANTOCHES
- Chapter 76: ROUT AT MRS. MAGUSSIE’S
- Chapter 77: THE NEW LEAF
- Chapter 78: OVER THE WINDMILL
- Chapter 79: ENVOI
- Chapter 80: Interlude: Passers By
- Chapter 81: Swan Song - Book III of A Modern ...
- Chapter 82: ON THE ‘PHONE
- Chapter 83: HOME-COMING
- Chapter 84: SOAMES GOES UP TO TOWN
- Chapter 85: JEOPARDY
- Chapter 86: SNUFFBOX
- Chapter 87: MICHAEL HAS QUALMS
- Chapter 88: SECRET
- Chapter 89: RENCOUNTER
- Chapter 90: AFTER LUNCH
- Chapter 91: PERAMBULATION
- Chapter 92: PRIVATE FEELINGS
- Chapter 93: SOAMES IN WAITING
- Chapter 94: SON OF SLEEPING DOVE
- Chapter 95: SOAMES GOES RACING
- Chapter 96: THE TWO-YEAR-OLDS
- Chapter 97: IN THE MEADS
- Chapter 98: MEASLES
- Chapter 99: FORMING A COMMITTEE
- Chapter 100: TWO VISITS
- Chapter 101: THE JOLLY ACCIDENT
- Chapter 102: BUT—JON
- Chapter 103: THAT THING AND THIS THING
- Chapter 104: CONVERTING THE SLUMS
- Chapter 105: DELICIOUS NIGHT
- Chapter 106: “ALWAYS”
- Chapter 107: SOAMES GIVES ADVICE
- Chapter 108: OCCUPYING THE MIND
- Chapter 109: POSSESSING THE SOUL
- Chapter 110: TALK IN A CAR
- Chapter 111: MORE TALK IN A CAR
- Chapter 112: SOAMES HAS BRAIN WAVES
- Chapter 113: TO-MORROW
- Chapter 114: FORBIDDEN FRUIT
- Chapter 115: AFTERMATH
- Chapter 116: BITTER APPLE
- Chapter 117: “GREAT FORSYTE”
- Chapter 118: DRIVING ON
- Chapter 119: FIRES
- Chapter 120: HUSH
- Chapter 121: SOAMES TAKES THE FERRY
- Chapter 122: FULL CLOSE
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